I had a co-worker once. He couldnt code for s**** but he was pretty entertaining. He grew up part of his life in cambodia or sowhere in that region and he was a fierce hunter!! He had all these weird stories. He said that once he went to one of the local parks(in Denver CO). I mean a park with a pond that you walk around in the middle of the burbs. He set a trap for a goose, caught it, gutted it, and whatever butchers do to geese. Right in the park! He said he hid in a bush so that no one would bother him.
He had another story where he took a bow and arrow to a pond and shot a snapping turtle in the head!!! It was still alive so he jumped in and pulled the arrow towards him with the string he had tied to the end. He wrestled the thing to shore and eventually ate that too!!! He was nuts. DRE > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > I should mention for those who don't know, that picking a > turtle up by the head or tail will severly injure it and > likely kill it. I pretty much don't pick them up unless I > need to and I'm not worrying about them living. > > Here's recipie: > http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/conmag/1996/jun/jn96john.html > > -Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:09 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > > > > Wow. Considering that a snapper that size isn't going to be > > stopped by some leather gloves, I'd count yourself mighty > > lucky. The only two ways I'll pick up a snapper are to do > > either the stick trick that Ben mentioned or to grab the > > tail. But with one that size, picking up by the tail will > > really hurt it and piss it off. But since they can reach > > their head around to their hind legs or so, those are about > > the only ways I'll do it. > > > > Do you happen to have pics? Snappers are generally pretty > > easy to spot just by appearance, but I'm guessing that if you > > weren't sure then it was a Common Snapping Turtle and not an > > Alligator Snapping Turtle. > > http://www.chelydra.org/common_alligator.html > > > > -Kevin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:28 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > > > > > > > Boy did I have a wildlife adventure this weekend. > > > > > > We live in Waterford Michigan on 8 beautiful acres of mostly > > > wetlands. We have an enormous amount of wildlife, so every day we > > > usually see something neat. > > > > > > I have been seeing this big turtle around for a week or so, but > > > couldnt tell if it was a snapper or not. Found out that it is!!. > > > Most turtles, when you approach them pull their extremities into > > > their shell at least partly. This turle just turns to face you. I > > > put on some heavy duty leather gloves and picked her up. > I'll be she > > > weighs 15 pounds at least, she is like 16 or so inches > across her > > > shell and does not like to be picked up. She snapped at me, but I > > > had her by the back part of her shell, and the gloves > protected me > > > from the claws which were like 1/2 inch long. Found out > she is a she > > > because we found the area in one of our flower beds where she was > > > digging to lay her eggs. So that was neat. Got some pitcures > > > and will send them to the list. > > > > > > We have a large garter snake (about 3 feet long) that > lives in our > > > vegetable garden. I was able to pick that up for my kids > using the > > > method I saw on animal planet a million times, where you hold the > > > tail and support the head with a long stick. The kids got > to pet it, > > > and feel how soft snakes really are. > > > > > > We were weeding another flower bed when we saw some baby > rabbits (no > > > bigger than the palm of your hand), and was able to catch > one using > > > the kids' butterfly net. So they got to pet the rabbit as > well. Put > > > it back in the flower bed and > > it ran off. > > > > > > We never harm any of the animals that we live with, except the > > > wasp's. We teach our kids to respect and admire the > beauty we are so > > > fortunate to see every day. > > > > > > Anyway, thought I would share this with the list, but hoping it > > > didnt come off as flakey..... > > > > > > **grog finish typing** > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
